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https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=82818 Categories: The circle graphs show the number of employees in each of Company Z’s five employee categories at the beginning and end of a 12-month period. Each employee was in exactly one of the categories, and no employee moved from any category to any other. Departures: During the same 12-month period, 145 employees left Company Z. None of those who left returned to Company Z. Based on the information provided, select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the most accurate statement. GRAPH_1_PLACEHOLDER new employees joined the company during the 12-month period, and the percentage of Company Z employees who were in the executive leadership category GRAPH_2_PLACEHOLDER during that period. Official Mock No. 5 https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file_private.php?id=78358 https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file_private.php?id=78359 GMAT-Club-Forum-3xlg17y0.png

pranjalshah · Accepted Answer

Total employees at the start = 674+21+158+68+135

Total employees at the end = 674+21+160+68+200

Difference = (160-158)+(200-135) = 67

There are 67 more employees at the end of month 12, despite 145 employees leaving. Therefore total new joiners = 145+67 =  more than 100 .

and since no of employees in executive leadership remains constant even after the total number of employees has increased, therefore there's a  % decrease .

diyaaaroraaa · Answer

K arishma B  Bunuel  Please help with the first blank. How do we use the 145 employees left fact?

Nalapatricia · Answer

Hello,

That info is in the statement second paragraph.

"Departures: During the same 12-month period, 145 employees left Company Z. None of those who left returned to Company Z."

Therefore are +67 new employees in the graph plus 145 that left the company.

Regards, 
Nalapatricia.

Hitesh0701 · Answer

Answer 1: 
Total employees at the beginning of the period: 1056
Total employees at the end of the period: 1123
Opening - Left + Added= Closing (Assume added as 'x')
1056-145+x=1123
x=212 (More than 100 joined during the year)

Answer 2: 
% of employees under executive leadership:
At the beginning of the period: 68/1056= 6.44%
At the end of the period: 68/1123= 6.06%
Hence, decreased during the period.

SomeOneUnique · Answer

The change in total count can give the number of employees that joined the company.
We are given that total count at the beginning of month 1 and the total count at the end of month 12 differ by 67.
We are also given the total count of employees who left the organization as 145.
Employees who joined have to account for 67 extra and compensated for 145 who left.
Thus, 67+145= 112.
Out of all the options present for the first blank, ' more than 100 ' satisfies the criteria of 112 count.

Upon eyeballing the total, I visualized that the total count of employees has increased from month 1 to month 12.
When the total has increased but 68 remains as is, so % accounted for executive leadership must  decrease .

KarishmaB · Answer

Comparign the 2 pie charts, we see that in operations, we have 2 more employees and in clerical, we have 65 more employees at the end of year. So 67 people are extra at the end of the year compared to the beginning. 
In all other categories, the number of employees is the same. This does not mean that no one left from those categories. Say it is possible that 50 production guys left and 50 new production guys joined in the year. That is why the number of production guys remained the same at the end of the year.

Now we are given that 145 people left. This means that 145 new must have joined just to keep the total number of employees same and then we have an extra 67 people. Hence 145 + 67 people would have joined the company in the year. This is more than 100 hence,

More than 100  new employees joined the company during the 12-month period, and the percentage of Company Z employees who were in the executive leadership category _____ during that period.

68 people were in executive leadership both at the beginning and at the end. But total number of employees is more at the end. Hence the percentage of executive leadership would have decreased.

More than 100  new employees joined the company during the 12-month period, and the percentage of Company Z employees who were in the executive leadership category  decreased  during that period.

If there is still doubt, take easier numbers: Say there were 100 people in a company at the beginning of 2024. 40 people left in 2024. (So 60 people were left)
At the end of 2024, there were 120 total people in the company. So how many new people joined? 60. 
40 people replaced the ones who left and 20 extra joined.

MrMaxMan · Answer

Is the first question more of a vocab question?
I mean if 145 employees departed, and we have more employees after 12 months than we started with that would mean 145+ new people joined the company. So why is the answer not 100+? Wouldn't all of those new hires be new employees???
Based on the correct answer, they are asking about the number of new positions, but that's not what the problem said.

Bunuel · Answer

Your doubt is not entirely clear. The correct answer for the first drop-down is  More than 100 .

The company ended with 67 more employees than it started with, even though 145 employees left. Therefore, 145 + 67 = 212 new employees joined the company.

FrozenDragon · Answer

Hey there, your reasoning and answer is right, the correct answer is  more than 100.  Let me know, if you have any query regarding any specific part of this question.

egmat · Answer

Hi MrMaxMan,

Good news: your instinct is actually spot on, and it lands you exactly on the official answer. Let me untangle the wording that's making you second-guess it.

The question asks for  new employees who joined  - that means every real person hired during the year, not just the net change in the headcount. There is no hidden "new positions" reading here; a new employee is simply anyone who wasn't at the company before and got hired, whether they fill a seat someone vacated or a brand-new seat.

Here's the count, step by step:

-  145  people left, so the company had to hire  145  just to get back to where it started.
- But it didn't just get back to even - the total  grew  by  67  (beginning  1,056  - end  1,123 ).
- So total new hires =  145 + 67 = 212 .

That's why the answer is  More than 100 . Your "145+ people joined" reasoning is correct -  212  is comfortably more than  145 , and both are more than  100 . So you and the OA agree.

Where the doubt creeps in is treating the net gain of  67  as "the number of new employees." That  67  is only the  net  change - it already has the  145  departures baked in and cancelled out. To recover the actual number of people hired, you add the  145  back.

A tiny rehearsal to lock it in:

A shop starts with  50  workers.  30  quit during the year, and it ends with  55  workers. How many were hired? You need  30  replacements plus a net  +5  =  35  hires - not just the 5-person growth.

Same move every time:  new hires = departures + net change .

Answer: More than 100

MrMaxMan · Answer

You're right. I think I read the question answer wrong haha. Thanks. I would delete my post so it doesn't confuse others but I'm not sure how.

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